Kansas Territorial Sesquicentennial Commission

The Kansas Territorial Sesquicentennial Commission coordinated a number of efforts during its observance 2004-2011.

One of the legacy projects was a tree planting effort in each of the 105 counties in Kansas during 2004. This statewide project was underwritten by donations from Mr. and Mrs. William L. Oliver, Jr., and the Kansas Bankers Association. Distribution and implementation was accomplished in partnership with the Kansas Forest Service at Kansas State University, the Kansas Nursery & Landscape Association, and the Kansas State Historical Society. Below is a listing of the county, date of the planting, city, site, and image (if available).

County

Date

City

Site

Tree

Image

Allen

April 27

Humboldt

Humboldt Museum

Sugar Maple

Anderson

May 5

Garnett

Courthouse

Red Oak

Atchison

April 30

Atchison

Courthouse

Chinquapin

Barber

May 29

Medicine Lodge

Red Caboose

Redbud

Barton

April 30

Great Bend

Jack Kilby Square

Bur Oak

Bourbon

April 30

Fort Scott

Skubit Plaza

Eastern Red Oak

Brown

April 30

Hiawatha

Courthouse

Swamp White Oak

Butler

May 18

El Dorado

Emergency Medical

Spring Snow Flowering Crabapple

Chase

May 18

Cottonwood Falls

Courthouse

Spring Snow Flowering Crabapple

Chautauqua

April 30

Sedan

Courthouse

Northern Red Oak

Cherokee

Fall

Cheyenne

Fall

St. Francis

Olde Country Church

Clark

May 10

Ashland

Courthouse

Spring Snow Flowering Crabapple

Clay

April 30

Clay Center

Dexter Park

Red Oak

Cloud

April 26

Concordia

Courthouse

Caddo Sugar Maple

Coffey

April 30

Burlington

Oak Park

Red Oak

Comanche

Fall

Cowley

Fall

Crawford

April 30

Girard

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Decatur

April 27

Oberlin

Courthouse

Spring Snow Flowering Crabapple

Dickinson

April 22

Abilene

Courthouse

Eastern Redbud

Doniphan

April 27

Troy

Courthouse

Red Oak

Douglas

April 29

Lecompton

Constitution Hall

Autumn Splendor Caddo Maple

Edwards

May 5

Lewis

City Park

Bur Oak

Elk

April 27

Howard

Courthouse

Prairie Fire Crabapple

Ellis

October 13

Hays

Washington School

English Oak Tree

Ellsworth

May 3

Ellsworth

Courthouse

Shumard Oak

Finney

April 30

Garden City

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Ford

April 29

Dodge City

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Franklin

April 28

Ottawa

Courthouse

Spring Snow Flowering Crabapple

Geary

April 30

Junction City

County Office Building

Redbud

Geary

April 24

Fort Riley

First Territorial Capital

Bur Oak

Gove

December 11

Grainfield

Fairgrounds

Bur Oak

Graham

May 27

Hill City

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Grant

May 4

Ulysses

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Gray

April 30

Cimarron

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Greeley

May 6

Tribune

Horace Greeley Museum

Bur Oak

Greenwood

April 30

Eureka

City Park

Red Oak

Hamilton

September 13

Syracuse

Benchmark Park

Harper

April 30

Anthony

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Harvey

May 10

Newton

Courthouse

Caddo Sugar Maple

Haskell

October 19

Sublette

Historical Soceity

Bur Oak

Hodgeman

May 27

Jetmore

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Jackson

April 26

Holton

Banner Creek

Bur Oak

Jefferson

June 7

Oskaloosa

Courthouse

Red Oak

Jewell

May 17

Mankato

Courthouse

Red Oak

Johnson

May 25

Overland Park

Santa Fe Commons Park

Spring Snow Flowering Crabapple

Kearny

June 9

Lakin

Courthouse

Hornbean

Kingman

May 7

Kingman

Sheriff's Building

Pin Oak

Kiowa

May 3

Greensburg

Courthouse

English Oak

Labette

May

Oswego

Courthouse

Pin Oak

Lane

May 26

Dighton

Fairgrounds

Bur Oak

Leavenworth

April 30

Leavenworth

Courthouse

Shumardi Oak

Lincoln

May 3

Lincoln

Courthouse

Spring Snow Flowering Crabapple

Linn

April 26

Mound City

Courthouse

Legacy Sugar Maple

Logan

April 29

Oakley

Courthouse

Redbud

Lyon

May 4

Emporia

College of Emporia Park

Spring Snow Flowering Crabapple

Marion

April 30

Marion

Courthouse

Eastern Redbud

Marshall

April 30

Marysville

Lyons Park

Red Oak

McPherson

June 22

McPherson

Courthouse

Red Oak

Meade

October 6

Meade

City Building

Autumn Blaze Maple

Miami

September 27

Osawatomie

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Mitchell

April 23

Beloit

Courthouse

Red Oak

Montgomery

May 5

Independence

Courthouse

Northern Red Oak

Morris

April 29

Council Grove

Madonna Park

Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry

Morton

April 30

Elkhart

Courthouse

Eastern Redbud

Nemaha

October 20

Seneca

Courthouse

Neosho

May 6

Erie

Courthouse

Red Oak

Ness

May 3

Ness City

Courthouse

Redbud

Norton

April 30

Norton

Courthouse

Spring Snow Flowering Crabapple

Osage

May 10

Lyndon

Courthouse

Caddo Sugar Maple

Osborne

May 3

Osborne

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Ottawa

May 6

Ada

Community Building

Spring Snow Flowering Crabapple

Pawnee

April 26

Larned

Courthouse

Caddo Sugar Maple

Phillips

May 4

Phillipsburg

Courthouse

Spring Snow Flowering Crabapple

Pottawatomie

May 3

Westmoreland

Courthouse

Red Oak

Pratt

April 21

Pratt

Memorial Lake

Snowdrift Crabapple

Rawlins

June 9

Atwood

Atwood Lake

Bur Gamble Oak

Reno

April 28

Hutchinson

Jail Annex

Lace Bark Elm

Republic

June 1

Belleville

Historical Society

Red Oak

Rice

April 29

Lyon

Sheriff's Office

Sugar Maple

Riley

April 29

Manhattan

Courthouse

Redbud

Rooks

October 12

Stockton

Fairgrounds

Shademaster Locust

Rush

April 30

LaCrosse

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Russell

June 21

Russell

Courthouse

Redbud

Saline

April 28

Salina

City/County Building

Chinkapin Oak

Scott

September 26

Scott City

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Sedgwick

April 30

Wichita

Courthouse

Eastern Single Redbud

Seward

April 30

Liberal

Courthouse

Spring Snow Flowering Crabapple

Shawnee

May 10

Topeka

Courthouse

Red Oak

Sheridan

May 3

Hoxie

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Sherman

April 23

Goodland

Courthouse

Bur Gamble Oak

Smith

Stafford

St. John

Town Square

Northern Red Oak

Stanton

April 28

Johnson City

Near Johnson City sign on Main Street

Kentucky Coffey

Stevens

May 4

Hugoton

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Sumner

Thomas

April 30

Colby

County Office Complex

Trego

May 3

WaKeeney

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Wabaunsee

May 3

Alma

Courthouse

Red Oak

Wallace

April 30

Sharon Springs

Courthouse

Canada Red Chokecherry

Washington

June 15

Hanover

Hollenberg Station

Bur Oak

Wichita

April 8

Leoti

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Wilson

Woodson

October 16

Yates Center

Crosstimber State Park

Wyandotte

April 30

Kansas City

Courthouse

Bur Oak

Kansas State Capitol

May 24

Topeka

South lawn

Redbud

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